“I tell you, I didn’t at the time. I did later.”
“How much later?”
“When I got near the house and began to think over the things I was supposed to do. This woman told me the front door would be unlocked. I decided that I’d see if the front door actually was open. If it was, I’d go in. Otherwise, I wasn’t even going to try to ring the bell or do anything about it.”
“So you tried the front door and it was open.”
“Yes. I came in. No one seemed to be home. I thought I’d find the bathroom...”
“What did Mrs. Perlin want to confess?”
“She didn’t say. That is, the one who was talking with me didn’t have anything to say about that. She simply said that Sarah had told her to tell me she wanted to make a confession, and ask my forgiveness.”
“Ask your forgiveness!”
“Yes.”
“And you don’t know who this person was?”